Christmas cake

Moth your cake looks delicious. You must show us the finished article. I soaked my fruit in brandy the night before I made it and then I will feed it a couple of times before I marzipan and ice it.

Oh Moth it looks delightful ! I’ve made two smaller round ones this year and added and subtracted to the fruit a bit. No idea how this will taste but it’s family and me who will eat the most anyway so doesn’t really matter.
The square tin that I used for decades was my mothers before becoming mine and this year I decided time was up.

Two ladies asked me to show them my finished Christmas cake, so here it is. I certainly wouldn’t win awards for it, but I enjoyed doing it and the little plastic bits are years old and come out every year!

Sorry, forgot to attach photo!

I've used my mother in law's recipe for over 50 years. When my husband died 6 years ago I thought perhaps it was time to start some new traditions, so I found a different recipe. Not content with that I went for an arctic scene and decorated it with a polar bear and shards of ice. The words "lead balloon" doesn't describe the reaction. This year I suggested to my daughter that I might change the decoration again. Her answer was "White icing, silver balls, Father Christmas and a Christmas Tree!" I know when I'm beaten.

This it? Been a foolproof receipe for me down through the years.

RosieandherMaw

A double thickness of brown wrapping paper or even newspaper tied with string does the job as well .
The piece of greaseproof with a small circle in the middle laid on the top also stops it browning.
Delia also has a chart for different sizes of cake and as I recollect, also for square tins as well as round.

Yes my Mum always used brown paper tied with string.

I’ve made Delia’s cake for decades using dark rum instead of brandy. Depending on how many people are expected I bake a different size each year. This year’s is 6 inch square.